adamShimi

Karma: 6,656

Epistemologist specialized in the difficulties of alignment and how to solve AI X-Risks. Currently at Conjecture.

Blogging at For Methods.

Redwood’s Technique-Focused Epistemic Strategy

adamShimiDec 12, 2021, 4:36 PM

48 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

Interpreting Yudkowsky on Deep vs Shallow Knowledge

adamShimiDec 5, 2021, 5:32 PM

100 points

32 comments24 min readLW link

Applications for AI Safety Camp 2022 Now Open!

adamShimiNov 17, 2021, 9:42 PM

47 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Strategies of Safety-Capabilities Tradeoffs

adamShimiOct 22, 2021, 8:22 AM

5 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Epistemic Strategies of Selection Theorems

adamShimiOct 18, 2021, 8:57 AM

33 points

1 comment12 min readLW link

On Solving Problems Before They Appear: The Weird Epistemologies of Alignment

adamShimiOct 11, 2021, 8:20 AM

110 points

10 comments15 min readLW link

Alignment Research = Conceptual Alignment Research + Applied Alignment Research

adamShimiAug 30, 2021, 9:13 PM

37 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What are good alignment conference papers?

adamShimiAug 28, 2021, 1:35 PM

12 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Approaches to gradient hacking

adamShimiAug 14, 2021, 3:16 PM

16 points

8 comments8 min readLW link

A review of “Agents and Devices”

adamShimiAug 13, 2021, 8:42 AM

21 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Power-seeking for successive choices

adamShimiAug 12, 2021, 8:37 PM

11 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

Goal-Directedness and Behavior, Redux

adamShimiAug 9, 2021, 2:26 PM

16 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Applications for Deconfusing Goal-Directedness

adamShimiAug 8, 2021, 1:05 PM

38 points

3 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

Traps of Formalization in Deconfusion

adamShimiAug 5, 2021, 10:40 PM

28 points

7 comments6 min readLW link

LCDT, A Myopic Decision Theory

adamShimi and evhub

Aug 3, 2021, 10:41 PM

57 points

50 comments15 min readLW link

Alex Turner’s Research, Comprehensive Information Gathering

adamShimiJun 23, 2021, 9:44 AM

15 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Looking Deeper at Deconfusion

adamShimiJun 13, 2021, 9:29 PM

62 points

13 comments15 min readLW link

Review of “Learning Normativity: A Research Agenda”

Gyrodiot, adamShimi and Joe Collman

Jun 6, 2021, 1:33 PM

37 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

[Event] Weekly Alignment Research Coffee Time

adamShimiMay 29, 2021, 1:26 PM

12 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Event] Weekly Alignment Research Coffee Time (05/24)

adamShimiMay 21, 2021, 5:45 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

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